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and order they have been demagogue when nixon says law-and-order we know what he talks about. those were reagan and bush and rudy guiliani bless his soul tens of thousands of black lives were saved when will fare was one of the reform to blacks of lives were saved in a different way law-and-order was so saved and bill clinton took credit for both. [laughter] and we have 12 years of paradise where i describe the many wonderful things that happened. people are not walking on eggshells is a more. people had to be worried you would innocently say a word then you would ruin your career, you'd be hated by all of humankind. that was after over at o.j.. changes are subtle but it was wonderful for race relations in america. and happened along time ago then comes the most liberal candidate as barack obama it is the two for. a liberal president and his critics by:the reese's. and now with the bombing it comes back. we're walking on eight shells. although not very delicately [laughter] hence my introduction of. [laughter] i am going to a debate party tonight called a racist pizza debate p
and order they have been demagogue when nixon says law-and-order we know what he talks about. those were reagan and bush and rudy guiliani bless his soul tens of thousands of black lives were saved when will fare was one of the reform to blacks of lives were saved in a different way law-and-order was so saved and bill clinton took credit for both. [laughter] and we have 12 years of paradise where i describe the many wonderful things that happened. people are not walking on eggshells is a more....
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. >> washburn worked his way up, went to harvard law school and at the origin of one of his brothers immigrated out west to the illinois to clean up where the mining industry was in its heyday. he arrived after about a month's journey by ship, by stagecoach, by train, arrived in a steamboat in this muddy mining town, bordered himself and a log cabin, and slowly worked his way up and became a very successful lawyer and got involved politically, ran for congress, served eight terms and befriended abraham lincoln and ulysses s. grant and as they rose, washburn stayed with them as a colleague during the civil war and after grant was elected president initially appointed washburn secretary of state and washburn became very ill, after ten days he submitted his resignation to president grant show grant regretfully had his resignation and he regained his health which was always very fragile and grant the then offered him the position as minister of france, ambassador of france. >> michael hill on washburn, minister to france in the 1870 franco prussian war, and the only power of the state pr
. >> washburn worked his way up, went to harvard law school and at the origin of one of his brothers immigrated out west to the illinois to clean up where the mining industry was in its heyday. he arrived after about a month's journey by ship, by stagecoach, by train, arrived in a steamboat in this muddy mining town, bordered himself and a log cabin, and slowly worked his way up and became a very successful lawyer and got involved politically, ran for congress, served eight terms and...
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leatherneck sure it's not very up to mistake the current laws vary out dated. it's over 10 years old and needs a lot of changes. i think the program at the urban league put together in your packet is a great plan and i agree the program talks about the need to focus on the whole child. there has unfortunately been this rift within the education community between the quote, unquote education reform groups and traditional education groups and is a question of can schools by themselves overcome all the barriers and obstacles students facing poverty and housing another thing for doing to focus more broadly on the child and the answers we need to do both. went to improve schools, future quality, but also focus on issues like housing and poverty and employment for students families. at the higher above 11 say again lots of challenges due to state budget cuts, tuition from the public sector have really gone up far faster than family income in the last several years. there's going to be a big shortfall in the pell grant or grand in the next fiscal year as much as seven
leatherneck sure it's not very up to mistake the current laws vary out dated. it's over 10 years old and needs a lot of changes. i think the program at the urban league put together in your packet is a great plan and i agree the program talks about the need to focus on the whole child. there has unfortunately been this rift within the education community between the quote, unquote education reform groups and traditional education groups and is a question of can schools by themselves overcome...
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they pass a law that says get your permit, you can stay around. so although there's building blocks of the modern republican party, the guys who understand labor and capital and the production should be all less global, understand that if we end up with a few loud voices from monochromatic districts to represent nobody but themselves and yet there was this sense, there must be a children old fox in that pond it's so loud. when you drain the pond there is three. so i think is a very serious discussion going on about immigration and it should be. i've been going to the press congresses with jack kemp for 20th on the. which is never had the attention. now i think there's more attention and more focus and that that will happen and you've seen a number of voices, ahead of the southern baptist convention, richard land, who has long been good on this, a louder voice, a clear voice, a more listened to voice, salem communications, so on that i think you'll see movements. so it's not that the republican party isn't rethinking what it is and. it's just not g
they pass a law that says get your permit, you can stay around. so although there's building blocks of the modern republican party, the guys who understand labor and capital and the production should be all less global, understand that if we end up with a few loud voices from monochromatic districts to represent nobody but themselves and yet there was this sense, there must be a children old fox in that pond it's so loud. when you drain the pond there is three. so i think is a very serious...
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really, from the time he left honolulu at age 18 to go to college, until the time he went to harvard law school, nine years, intensely tried to resolve the contradictions life threw at him in the way every teenager searches for identity. >> heñhr had more things to rese than you and me. >> he was an integrated personality that gave him the confidence to get to the white house and got him in trouble in the white house, and john could document because he came into this thinking, well, if i resolve the contradictions life threw at me, why can't congress and the rest of the world? that gave him a sense of exceptionalism and a bit of naivety. i'm not saying he's completely naive, but that hurt him in the first period. >> only really in 2011, i mean, in 2009 and 2010, i think that the record is under estimated by people, and that he was -- >> certainly -- >> in some ways using a kind of what the princeton historian fred called the hidden hand of the presidency. why didn't he, you know, propose a health care bill and drop it on the steps of congress and say pass this, you know? he had the vote
really, from the time he left honolulu at age 18 to go to college, until the time he went to harvard law school, nine years, intensely tried to resolve the contradictions life threw at him in the way every teenager searches for identity. >> heñhr had more things to rese than you and me. >> he was an integrated personality that gave him the confidence to get to the white house and got him in trouble in the white house, and john could document because he came into this thinking,...
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i know more about sound questions and doctrine and laws than you. i am not willing to suffer this people to be interrupted. you are rotten now with gentilism. the lord only knows what. i despise it as i despise the gates of hell. you ought to say mormonism is my controller. my governorship and everything else is to bow down to mormonism. it wouldn't have been really all that remarkable for brigham young to have browbeaten a fellow church member who was, perhaps, not acting in the church's best interest, but young had a larger purpose in mind. he delivered this harangue in the presence of the territory's new chief justice, associate justice, and secretary, all non-mormons. at one point, territorial secretary broaden harris, uncomfortable with the drift of the conversation, told young he had no interest in his dispute with babe bat. i want you to hear it, young stopped harris from leaving the room. a clerk recorded that it was a new scene for mr. harris to behold the power of the priesthood. two months later, all of those non-mormon officials fled uta
i know more about sound questions and doctrine and laws than you. i am not willing to suffer this people to be interrupted. you are rotten now with gentilism. the lord only knows what. i despise it as i despise the gates of hell. you ought to say mormonism is my controller. my governorship and everything else is to bow down to mormonism. it wouldn't have been really all that remarkable for brigham young to have browbeaten a fellow church member who was, perhaps, not acting in the church's best...
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i am interpreting the law and here it is. because that ensures that i am not engaged in political activity, but engaged in their things. they still have to explain what they have done. that is a very valuable chat on the process. we are very transparent. i think that we are also accountable. >> what do you see as the greatest challenge to the u.s. constitution in today's society? >> well, i did touch on an earlier. in terms of applying the constitution, i do think it is the technology. i mean, all of the dna is obvious for examples. you can be exonerated through dna evidence. far more often, it is used in the catch. is it a search and seizure with a tweezer full of skin and see if it matches something else. it is very difficult and there are difficult questions about that sort. we had a case with gps, you know, you could slap a gps on it and they have complete itinerary. it turned out that the guy was going in a direction typical of search and seizure. the new technology is a amazing. the technology is just amazing. it will b
i am interpreting the law and here it is. because that ensures that i am not engaged in political activity, but engaged in their things. they still have to explain what they have done. that is a very valuable chat on the process. we are very transparent. i think that we are also accountable. >> what do you see as the greatest challenge to the u.s. constitution in today's society? >> well, i did touch on an earlier. in terms of applying the constitution, i do think it is the...
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party or the law? despite setbacks in recent years, changes occur, not too many years ago, rule of law will be one of three components of any future democracy along with dignity, justice and independence as guarantees any future reform effort. number 2, we have gone from the days when my friend jerry cohen was the only lawyer in china some time shortly after the fall of the ching dynasty to 17,000 law firms and 200,000 licensed attorneys and as ho weh fing said, only some many judges held a bachelor's degree. there are basic standards, bar exam then legal experience that are required yet too often china's justice system falls short of the laws on the books both in practice and spirit. corruption is widespread, collusion among police and prosecutors and the judges is common. most critical, the fundamental question of judicial independence remains ever be illusive. the most sensitive cases still remain within party control. point number three, what will be the process for future collaboration between the
party or the law? despite setbacks in recent years, changes occur, not too many years ago, rule of law will be one of three components of any future democracy along with dignity, justice and independence as guarantees any future reform effort. number 2, we have gone from the days when my friend jerry cohen was the only lawyer in china some time shortly after the fall of the ching dynasty to 17,000 law firms and 200,000 licensed attorneys and as ho weh fing said, only some many judges held a...
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under current law, a u.s. citizen cannot be tried in a military tribunal, and that does not change under our amendment. finally, this amendment does not change the treatment of those who are here on temporary visas, such as students or travelers, the kind of visas that were used by the 9/11 terrorists. mr. president, in closing, let me just talk about how this amendment would have changed the treatment of some u.s. citizens detained under the authorization for use of military force during the last 11 years had it become law. first, because this amendment only covers american citizens captured in the united states, it would not have affected the detention of john walker lin, for example. so the only u.s. citizen affected by this amendment would have been jose padilla. if this amendment were the law, jose padilla's detention would have ended as it did under the bush administration, in a federal courtroom where he was charged with aiding terrorists and a terrorist organization. mr. president, since 2001, terroris
under current law, a u.s. citizen cannot be tried in a military tribunal, and that does not change under our amendment. finally, this amendment does not change the treatment of those who are here on temporary visas, such as students or travelers, the kind of visas that were used by the 9/11 terrorists. mr. president, in closing, let me just talk about how this amendment would have changed the treatment of some u.s. citizens detained under the authorization for use of military force during the...
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employment laws. we have led the world in saying that it's a basic right, that people with disabilities have the same protections as every one of us. and i'm proud of the progress that we have made here in the united states. i was part of the congress in 0 that passed the americans with disabilities act. very proud to be part of the congress that passed that law. i remember two of our colleagues who have been in the forefront of this work, senator dole whose name has been mentioned, has been one of the great leaders in this body with providing the rights of people with disabilities, and congressman tony coelho who i served with in the other body, the house, took on a leadership position to bring to the public attention for us to do what was right for people with disabilities. the united states has provided international leadership. the year after we passed the americans with disabilities act, my colleague in the house, congressman steny hoyer, took that effort in the united states international. in 19
employment laws. we have led the world in saying that it's a basic right, that people with disabilities have the same protections as every one of us. and i'm proud of the progress that we have made here in the united states. i was part of the congress in 0 that passed the americans with disabilities act. very proud to be part of the congress that passed that law. i remember two of our colleagues who have been in the forefront of this work, senator dole whose name has been mentioned, has been...
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we've had it enshrined in both english law and american law for 800 years. it seems a shame to scrap it now. people say, but these terrorists are horrible people. yes, they're horrible people, but every day and every night if our country horrible people are accused of crimes and they are taken to court. they have an attorney on our their side. they have a trial. people who despise, people who murder and rape are given trials by juries. we can try and we can prosecute tr-fts. people say but they're terrorists. well, the thing is you're an american citizen and you are accused of terrorism. who's going to determine who is a terrorist and who is not a terrorist? they don't walk around with a badge. they don't walk around with a card that says i'm from al qaeda. they will be accused of a crime and there will be facts. someone must judge the facts. that's what a jury does. to give up on this because we're afraid of terrorists is to give in to the terrorists. if we give up our rights, if we relinquish our rights, haven't the terrorists then won? jefferson said that
we've had it enshrined in both english law and american law for 800 years. it seems a shame to scrap it now. people say, but these terrorists are horrible people. yes, they're horrible people, but every day and every night if our country horrible people are accused of crimes and they are taken to court. they have an attorney on our their side. they have a trial. people who despise, people who murder and rape are given trials by juries. we can try and we can prosecute tr-fts. people say but...
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this reinforced the second exceptional pillar, common law, which causes that god has given her the law given from god to the people and bubbles upward to the rulers. this gives us the government of the people, by the people and for the people that lincoln referred to. common law stands in stark opposition to almost every other nation on earth that is develop some form of civil law in which it trickles down from the top. both germany and england had, not for a while but by the 20 century have more or less abandoned it common to many more such an inkling. by the end of world war ii, when you're unloaded however i'd willingly if colony, those colonies for themselves designed on principles of civil law. thus the first to pillars taken together mean that a christian protestant religion influenced and shaped everything about america's foundation of laws and defined system of personal rate. it wasn't just that the united states is a democratic republic, but that the very premises of a democratic republic meant were likely to be far different in the united states than anywhere else. the second
this reinforced the second exceptional pillar, common law, which causes that god has given her the law given from god to the people and bubbles upward to the rulers. this gives us the government of the people, by the people and for the people that lincoln referred to. common law stands in stark opposition to almost every other nation on earth that is develop some form of civil law in which it trickles down from the top. both germany and england had, not for a while but by the 20 century have...
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that requires changes in law. in many states now are embracing elements of what is a digital learning revolution. in doing so i think it will accelerate learning in ways that will create gaps, we will see these gaps begin to narrow and it will create real opportunities for continuous improvement and advancement. the final thing i'm going to chile, to talk to you about is about another book. and that's a book being a texan by birth and flirting and by choice, i still have a little texas heritage in me. and i love that carroll books on lyndon johnson to lyndon johnson was a larger-than-life character. is not going to go down in history, all the stories will not say was one of the great presidents of our time. but if you read the third volume of his book, which is an extraordinary example of leadership, and he posted today, it does give you hope that with proper admitted leadership, capitol in washington, we can begin to solve problems. caro tells us about how johnson was vice president of the most powerful guy in th
that requires changes in law. in many states now are embracing elements of what is a digital learning revolution. in doing so i think it will accelerate learning in ways that will create gaps, we will see these gaps begin to narrow and it will create real opportunities for continuous improvement and advancement. the final thing i'm going to chile, to talk to you about is about another book. and that's a book being a texan by birth and flirting and by choice, i still have a little texas heritage...
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that requires changes of law. many states are embracing element of what is the digital learning revolution. in doing so, i think they will accelerate learning in ways that will create the gaps. we will see them begin to narrow and it will create real opportunity for continuous improvement and advancement. the final thing i'm going tell you talk to you about is about another book. that's the book being a texan by birth and floridian by choice. i have a little texas her tiblg in me. i love the book on lyndon johnson. he was a larger than life character. he's not going to go down in history. all the historians will not say he's one of the great president of the time. if you read the third volume of the book, which is an extraordinary example of leadership, and you posted up to what exists today, it does give you hope that with proper committed leadership, against capital in washington that we can begin to solve problems. carol writes about how johnson was vice president, he was the most powerful guy in the world in w
that requires changes of law. many states are embracing element of what is the digital learning revolution. in doing so, i think they will accelerate learning in ways that will create the gaps. we will see them begin to narrow and it will create real opportunity for continuous improvement and advancement. the final thing i'm going tell you talk to you about is about another book. that's the book being a texan by birth and floridian by choice. i have a little texas her tiblg in me. i love the...
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it happens to be the law. >> i'm interested in your conversations as i always found with the national football league have the same situation. >> i'm not speaking for the national football league. >> the great thing under our cpa is the cost of workers conversation is actually borne by the players. so we live in a world under the cba with the insurance cost is basically estimated every year and that is a benefit that goes to the team. so the good news that these for our football teams and i'm always worried i'll say something good about nfl owners, but this is one of them. when it comes to the cost of insurance is something reimbursed. the world we live in the mix is somewhat ironic as even though costs are reimbursed, the teams nonetheless finds that workers comp, which is interesting. i could probably choose another word other than interesting, but it's a family show. i'm always interested in this issue of workers compensation, but going back to these big ideas, recognizing when our players get hurt, our leadership refuses to call it an accident. if you are a running back scoring up
it happens to be the law. >> i'm interested in your conversations as i always found with the national football league have the same situation. >> i'm not speaking for the national football league. >> the great thing under our cpa is the cost of workers conversation is actually borne by the players. so we live in a world under the cba with the insurance cost is basically estimated every year and that is a benefit that goes to the team. so the good news that these for our...
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it won't require any changes in our existing law. it has the support of veterans groups and disabilities groups from around the country. it has the strong back of a bipartisan group of senators and leading republicans such as george h.w. bush as well as senator dole. he called me a few days ago to tell me how much he wanted this passed. and like passing the americans with disabilities act, ratifying the treaty is the right thing to do. ralph waldo emerson wrote, "if you would lift me up, you must be on higher ground." if the united states wishes to be a global example of the huge strides that people with disabilities can make when barriers are removed, we must take the high -- we must take the high ground. i thank senator kerry, senator mccain, senator lugar, durbin, barrasso, coons, tom udall, moran, and many others and especially senator harkin, who is the father of the americans with disabilities act, for leading the way on this issue. with their help, i hope we can quickly ratify this treaty. mr. mcconnell: madam president? the p
it won't require any changes in our existing law. it has the support of veterans groups and disabilities groups from around the country. it has the strong back of a bipartisan group of senators and leading republicans such as george h.w. bush as well as senator dole. he called me a few days ago to tell me how much he wanted this passed. and like passing the americans with disabilities act, ratifying the treaty is the right thing to do. ralph waldo emerson wrote, "if you would lift me up,...
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clinton, as a young lawyer fresh out of law school, went to work for the house committee working to impeach him, so he knew where she was coming from with regard to her view toward him. and he had a less than positive view toward her based primarily on her watergate experiences but also based upon what he perceived as her uncompromising liberal views. he thought that bill clinton would be more inclined to compromise than she would be. but nixon also had a high respect for people with great intelligence, and there was no doubt in his mind but that mrs. clinton is very smart. he just thought -- and the problem for nixon was that mrs. clinton believed in the wrong things, and that's bigger government. but nixon was also a very fair man, and when mrs. clinton did things right, and when she was good and strong and effective, he said so. but when she was wrong, which was most of the time for nixon, he said so. and an illustration of this, which i think this puts it in great light is when mrs. clinton did go to testify about the health care reform package she had put together. and he watched her t
clinton, as a young lawyer fresh out of law school, went to work for the house committee working to impeach him, so he knew where she was coming from with regard to her view toward him. and he had a less than positive view toward her based primarily on her watergate experiences but also based upon what he perceived as her uncompromising liberal views. he thought that bill clinton would be more inclined to compromise than she would be. but nixon also had a high respect for people with great...
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we haven't passed the law. we have an executive order from the president that gives them this chance. this weekend in kansas city, missouri, hundreds of dreamers -- that's what we call these young people now -- are going to get together. they're part of the largest national organization of dreamers, united we dream. they will be planning their next effort, advocating for immigration reform legislation that will bring them and their families out of the shadows once and for all and give them a chance to earn their way to legal status and citizen thp in america. -- citizenship in america. one part of this immigration reform, the dream act is near and dear to me but i want to see comprehensive immigration reform before it is over. we know if we pass the dream act, it will help the economy, creating new jobs and economic growth when the talent of these young people, as they come out of high school and college is brought in our economy. in my home state of illinois, by 2030 the dream act will contribute $14 billion i
we haven't passed the law. we have an executive order from the president that gives them this chance. this weekend in kansas city, missouri, hundreds of dreamers -- that's what we call these young people now -- are going to get together. they're part of the largest national organization of dreamers, united we dream. they will be planning their next effort, advocating for immigration reform legislation that will bring them and their families out of the shadows once and for all and give them a...
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should secure its border and i believe in the rule of law. you shouldn't be allowed to stream into this country. that is incredibly dangerous. you do not want bad actors coming in who could come over the border with everybody else. we have to take care of the borders. now what do you do? mass deportation? amnesty? there has to be a way that republicans and democrats can work together to address this problem. it will be nice if republicans did not alienate this growing block of voters. it is shameful and suicide politically. host: cary maryland. -- cary from maryland. caller: i have issues with both parties having problems sharing the pain. to not raise taxes. -- do not raise taxes. i think both need to be done in a conservative way. both sides always draw a line in the sand. we voted people in and pay their salaries to run the government. do what is best for the country and i do not see enough of that. guest: i think that president obama is to blame for a lot of this. he came in with a lot of political capital. incredibly popular. he has a ch
should secure its border and i believe in the rule of law. you shouldn't be allowed to stream into this country. that is incredibly dangerous. you do not want bad actors coming in who could come over the border with everybody else. we have to take care of the borders. now what do you do? mass deportation? amnesty? there has to be a way that republicans and democrats can work together to address this problem. it will be nice if republicans did not alienate this growing block of voters. it is...
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money, some of the political money is that money, regulations -- that affected all the campaign finance laws. the citizens united decision was totally predictable as a response to mccain-fine gold. despite my working for john mccain, who had a campaign finance reform position i always thought was blazingly unconstitutional -- we have weakened the political parties and weaken the candidate committees. the political parties have been moderating influences in american politics -- the political parties goal is to assemble a majority, not to advance an ideology. the advancement of an ideology by either party is secondary, is a function of the majority. now, with all the super pac money there is increasingly ideological money, increasing the enforcement money. reagan talked about the fact that if you are with me 80% of the time you are not my political opponent, you are my political ally. in a super pac world where you have a apostate republican or an apostate democrats on an issue, you will see the enforcement of ideological discipline through the use of the super pac in a primary on either the l
money, some of the political money is that money, regulations -- that affected all the campaign finance laws. the citizens united decision was totally predictable as a response to mccain-fine gold. despite my working for john mccain, who had a campaign finance reform position i always thought was blazingly unconstitutional -- we have weakened the political parties and weaken the candidate committees. the political parties have been moderating influences in american politics -- the political...